Free Dining for select dates through September 2011

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Get FREE Dining with your Vacation Package When You Choose Select Dates
from October 2010 through September 2011

Buy one of these Magic Your Way room and ticket packages and get a FREE dining plan. Staying in the middle of the magic is the best way to experience Walt Disney World Resort. Visit when the lines at the theme parks may be shorter and enjoy this great offer!

Value Resorts receive FREE Quick Service Dining
Moderate and Depuxe Resorts receive FREE Basic Dining

For arrivals on most nights:

2010: Oct 1 - 7 • Oct 22 - 28 • Nov 12 - 18 • Nov 27 - Dec 2 • Dec 10 - 21

2011: Jan 1 - 5 • Jan 9 - 13 • Jan 21 - Feb 3 • Feb 11 - 17 • Feb 25 - Mar 3 • May 27 - Jun 2 • Aug 19 - Sept 29

Contact Magical Journeys to book through December 20, 2010

Nanc

[comicguy]

I just snagged:

Pop Cent, w/ free QSDP upgraded to DDP for Next Aug. 19th - 30th with a room only on 18th

Anybody else?

[elmjimmlm]

Since this came out, I wonder if this will be offered on the bounceback in 2011?

[yjgirl32]

Wonder if I should wait till we go down to see what the specials are?? Nah. Will book now.

[Adambomb85]

Wow! This is exciting news! I actually won a free Disney Cruise on the Dream in December 2011 - we are planning to add a Disney vacation with it. I was hoping they would have extended it to when we are going to be in Disney (Dec 10 - 15, 2011) - alas! At least we still have plenty of time to hope.

I hope a lot of people take advantage of this!

[DizneyRox]

"We’re not concerned about weaning ourselves and the marketplace of the discounts,” Iger said. (12/2009)

O RLY?

[laprana]

"We’re not concerned about weaning ourselves and the marketplace of the discounts,” Iger said.

O RLY?

My thoughts exactly! I just asked this in the News & Rumors thread, but has Disney ever announced Free Dining so far in advance before and stretching so far into the next year?

[The Hitchhiking Ghost]

I don't know if this is a dumb question or not but does your whole trip have to fall within the dates, or just the first booking date.

The original posts says "for arrival on most nights ..." then goes on to list a time frame of November 27 to December 2nd as one eligible window.

So if we were to book a vacation from say November 30 to December 7th, would we get the ddp for the entire stay, not at all, or just prorated. Our arrival date would fall within the eligible time frame, but our departure date most likely would not.

We were contemplating going December 2011, but the extended offerings have gotten us to rethink maybe going 2010 instead, and how the ddp is treated makes a differnce between which package we'd choose from.

[azcavalier]

I don't know if this is a dumb question or not but does your whole trip have to fall within the dates, or just the first booking date.

The original posts says "for arrival on most nights ..." then goes on to list a time frame of November 27 to December 2nd as one eligible window.

So if we were to book a vacation from say November 30 to December 7th, would we get the ddp for the entire stay, not at all, or just prorated. Our arrival date would fall within the eligible time frame, but our departure date most likely would not.

We were contemplating going December 2011, but the extended offerings have gotten us to rethink maybe going 2010 instead, and how the ddp is treated makes a differnce between which package we'd choose from.

In the past, it has always been that you get the offer for the length of your stay as long as you BEGIN your stay during those dates.

For the last two years, and this year as well, we are going down the last weekend of the original free dining offer, but we get it for the length of our stay. Of course, both last year and this year they wound up extending it into December, so I guess the point is moot, but that's how they used to do it. You should be OK for your entire trip.

[BIGDOG]

The free dining offer is the worse special that Disney offers. It reduces the quality of the food stresses out the employees at the rest.; and makes the overall cleanliness of the food establishments degraded. I was really hoping that the dining fiasco was over and there would just be a room special and no dining offers. I never use the dining option but still we pay for the fall out of the over all effects. This news makes us rather sad and if we do go we normally use small out of the way places that are never crowded if there is such a place any more.

[TheVBs]

Just checked the WDW website and I'm able to book end of Sept. 2011 with the free dining! This will officially be the earliest we have ever booked any vacation.

[Gibbs]

None of these dates are going to work for my vacation we are currently planning in August.
What do ya'll think is the likelyhood of Disney expanding these dates to cover more of August?

[Dsnygirl]

None of these dates are going to work for my vacation we are currently planning in August.
What do ya'll think is the likelyhood of Disney expanding these dates to cover more of August?

Not too likely... Disney has traditionally kept to this time frame for free dining the last few years, keeping the first 2 weeks (or so) of August as part of the "summer pricing" and then dropping to value season about halfway through the month, and then offering the free dining special. Sorry it doesn't hit your dates!

[spoonfulosugar]

I assume this doesn't limit you to only 4 nights, 5 days? Can you still take advantage of it if you want to stay longer?

[ShanPooh]

I assume this doesn't limit you to only 4 nights, 5 days? Can you still take advantage of it if you want to stay longer?

Yes, you can stay longer. When we have gone during free dining in the past we stayed 6 or 7 nights. I believe you can stay even longer for free dining - maybe 10?

[DisneyCraig]

Does anyone know why Feb 4 - 10 was exluded from the free dining? Is there something going on that week?

[TheVBs]

Does anyone know why Feb 4 - 10 was exluded from the free dining? Is there something going on that week?

I'm wondering if that's over President's Weekend when schools are on break?

[DisneyCraig]

I'm wondering if that's over President's Weekend when schools are on break?

That was my initial thought as well, but it looks like President's day is the 21st of Feb next year.

We are planning for on going the 5th through the 12th and I was hoping to take advantage of the free dining. I am now concerned about the crowd level as well...

[duncans mom]

Get FREE Dining with your Vacation Package When You Choose Select Dates
from October 2010 through September 2011

Buy one of these Magic Your Way room and ticket packages and get a FREE dining plan. Staying in the middle of the magic is the best way to experience Walt Disney World Resort. Visit when the lines at the theme parks may be shorter and enjoy this great offer!

Value Resorts receive FREE Quick Service Dining
Moderate and Depuxe Resorts receive FREE Basic Dining

For arrivals on most nights:

2010: Oct 1 - 7 • Oct 22 - 28 • Nov 12 - 18 • Nov 27 - Dec 2 • Dec 10 - 21

2011: Jan 1 - 5 • Jan 9 - 13 • Jan 21 - Feb 3 • Feb 11 - 17 • Feb 25 - Mar 3 • May 27 - Jun 2 • Aug 19 - Sept 29

Contact Magical Journeys to book through December 20, 2010

Nanc

do you know if they will have the free dinning in oct 2011

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do you know if they will have the free dinning in oct 2011

no way to tell yet!

As always, by booking with Magical Journeys we convert you to the better deals automatically.

Nanc